Director of Finance – North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH)
We are seeking an exceptional Director of Finance for NMGH, a pivotal role at a key transformation point and future development of healthcare services across North Manchester. Reporting to the Clinical Group Chief Executive and accountable to the Group Chief Finance Officer, the postholder will be a key member of the North Manchester Senior Leadership Team and the wider MFT senior finance community.
This high‑profile executive role spans operational performance, financial sustainability, service transformation and strategic redevelopment. The successful candidate will help shape the future operating model for NMGH while supporting priorities including financial recovery, productivity, service redesign and workforce transformation.
Main duties of the job
- Provide strategic financial leadership to the North Manchester Clinical Group as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team.
- Lead the development and delivery of robust financial strategies, recovery plans and long‑term sustainability programmes.
- Support the organisation’s transformation agenda, helping shape future operational and service delivery models.
- Work closely with clinical and operational leaders to improve financial understanding, ownership and accountability across services.
- Lead the financial planning process, including annual planning, forecasting, recovery trajectories and business case development.
- Drive financial improvement, productivity and efficiency initiatives across the Clinical Group.
- Support major strategic developments linked to the North Manchester redevelopment programme and wider transformation initiatives.
- Provide high‑quality financial analysis, insight and challenge to support operational and strategic decision‑making.
- Develop strong collaborative relationships across MFT and system partners, contributing to wider Trust and system priorities.
- Lead, develop and inspire the embedded finance team, creating a positive, high‑performing and improvement‑focused culture.
- Act as a visible and credible senior leader across the organisation, contributing beyond traditional finance responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is the largest provider of specialist services in Greater Manchester, operating ten hospitals and extensive community services, with a workforce of over 30,000. As a senior leader at MFT, you will shape strategy and transformation at scale, supported by a £3bn+ turnover and leading‑edge digital infrastructure.
Person specification
Essential
- CCAB‑qualified accountant with current professional membership.
- Significant senior finance leadership experience within a complex NHS provider organisation or similarly large, operationally complex environment.
- Strong operational finance experience, including financial planning, forecasting, recovery and performance management.
- Demonstrable experience of supporting financial improvement, productivity and transformation programmes.
- Ability to work collaboratively with clinical and operational leaders to support organisational improvement.
- Strong strategic thinking, analytical capability and commercial awareness.
- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience of leading and developing high‑performing finance teams.
- Ability to operate effectively within complex organisational and system environments.
- Strong personal resilience and ability to lead within pressured and fast‑moving environments.
- Experience within an acute NHS provider environment.
- Experience supporting major capital or redevelopment programmes.
- Experience of organisational turnaround or recovery environment.
- Experience contributing to system‑wide or regional initiatives.
- Aspiration and potential to progress toward future executive CFO leadership roles.
Desirable
- Experience with major redevelopment programmes linked to new hospital projects.
Equal Opportunity Employer
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation, are encouraged to apply. If you have any special requirements to help with your application, please contact the manager named below.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties; therefore this position is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020. Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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